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  1. /* package whatever; // don't place package name! */
  2.  
  3. import java.util.*;
  4. import java.util.regex.*;
  5. import java.lang.*;
  6. import java.io.*;
  7.  
  8. /* Name of the class has to be "Main" only if the class is public. */
  9. class Ideone
  10. {
  11. public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception
  12. {
  13. String text = "This is {{\n" +
  14. "{{the multiline\n" +
  15. "text}} file }}\n" +
  16. "what I\n" +
  17. "{{ to {{be\n" +
  18. "changed}}\n" +
  19. "}} want.";
  20.  
  21. Pattern p = Pattern.compile("\\{\\{[^{}]+?}}", Pattern.MULTILINE);
  22. while (p.matcher(text).find()) {
  23. System.out.println("matched");
  24. text = p.matcher(text).replaceAll("");
  25. }
  26. System.out.println(text);
  27. }
  28. }
Success #stdin #stdout 0.04s 4386816KB
stdin
Standard input is empty
stdout
matched
matched
This is 
what I
 want.